February 13, 2009

Convert, create, and extract PDF content, accurately and easily. Solid Converter PDF opens PDFs in Microsoft Word, preserving the text, layout and images of your original document. You can also extract text only, tables to Excel, or images to graphic files. You can create PDFs from Word or, with our Professional version, make PDFs from any Windows program. Solid Converter provides key Adobe® features at a fraction of the cost..

Solid Converter PDF is powerful tool that converts any PDF documents to and from other formats. Why should we convert the PDF files? Because the PDF format is not easily editable. The actual version can convert the PDF files in DOC, RTF, Microsoft XML and DOC, XML files into PDF.

The tool has 4 options to choose the appropriate layout. Depending on what you choose the application will recover the original page layout, formatting, graphics and preserve the text flow. The wizard of the application will show the exact layout of the new file so don’t bother to learn the options by heart.
3 options are available to recover the original image from the PDF file. Again the wizard will show you the exact format of the new file so the new conversion will be clear for the user.

A new feature of this version is the table detection function. You can easily recover the tables from the PDF file and edit them in Microsoft EXCEL. If you want to convert the DOC and XML files in PDF files, you can easily do this directly from Microsoft Office toolbar. The application will automatically install the needed buttons for the conversion in the toolbar.

Step (1): Insert your DVD into the drive and launch DVD decrypter. DVD Decrypter will detect the DVD and its file contents will now be displayed in the right pane. Now go to File > Browse and select the destination for the ripped VOB files. Keep in mind that the destination must have enough free space to store the contents of the entire DVD.

Step (2): After choosing the destination, click on File>Decrypt to start the decryption process. DVD Decrypter removes the Macrovision Protection by default, and you can set to remove region code as well by going to Tools > IFO > Region > Patch > Region Free. These are necessary for the next step. After the DVD ripping process is completed, close DVD Decrypter.

Step (3): Next Launch DVD2AVI. Go to File > Open. Make sure the correct track number in the Audio menu is selected. You need to find the correct track number-most DVDs have multiple audio tracks in different languages. This can be checked by selecting one track at a time and playing it. Also click on the Audio menu and navigate to “48>44.1KHz”, and select Off. Go to Help > SIMD Technology and select all the optimizations supported by your processor. Now go to File > Save As AVI.

Step (4): Decide on a file name and choose a location with enough free space. You will now be prompted to choose a video compressor. Choose “DivX 6.x.x” from the drop-down menu where you can select the video compressor.

Step (5): Under the Certification Profiles, you can choose an appropriate preset profile such as High Definition, Home Theatre, Portable, Handheld, and Unconstrained. When you choose one of the above profiles, it is virtually guaranteed that the encoded DivX file will be playable on any standalone DivX-certified player. Click on Settings. You can select a bitrate of your choice. A higher bitrate means a larger file size and better quality, while a lower bitrate means a smaller file size and lower image quality.

Step (6): In the Codec tab, you can set the Encoding mode. The default setting is a good trade-off between quality and compression, but if you wish to control the file size, you can state your own mode such as High Performance, Better Quality, etc. Click on OK and then on save to start the video

demultiplexing process. This will take some time depending on the speed of your computer. At the end of this process, you’ll have an AVI file and a WAV file.

Step (7): We now get to the creation of the DivX file-putting together the video (AVI) and audio (WAV) files that were created in the previous step. Launch Virtual Dub. Under File > Open, browse to the folder where the AVI and WAV files are stored. Select the AVI file and click Open.

Step (8): Click on the Audio menu and click “Full Processing Mode”. Click again on the Audio menu and select “WAV Audio”. You will be prompted to open a WAV file. Select the WAV file you created earlier and click Open. Click on the Audio menu and then on Compression. Select “MPEG Layer-3” from the left pane and then select “128 KBit/s, 48,000Hz, Streo” in the right pane. Click OK.

Step (11): Go to File > Save As. Enter a file name of your choice at a location of your choice, and click at a location of your choice, and click OK. This, again, will take some time, but not as much as the video encoding using DVD2AVI. After the process is complete, you’ll have a DivX backup of ypur DVD movie.

Step (12): All that’s left now is to burn the DivX backup up to CD or DVD using your DVD-Writer

Features a combination of touchscreen and accelerometer controls that takes a little bit of getting used to, but ultimately offers a solid interface to the on-screen action. The player always controls the near-side, on-screen character. Serving involves a single tap which brings up a power bar that increases in strength until it’s tapped a second time, triggering a serve. A tap anywhere on the player’s side of the court sends the character running to that location. The on-screen character automatically swings when a ball passes within her vicinity. Tilting the iPhone left or right at the moment of swing determines the shot angle.

February 10, 2009

Is an easy to use, high performance .net logging software for the .NET 2.0 framework with the ability to log to multiple destinations. The logger’s ability to log messages with a single line of code makes Console.Writeline and Response.Write obsolete.

PDF is the de-facto world-wide standard for creating and exchanging platform-independent printable documents. Giving your ASP/ASP.NET-based Web applications the power to generate and modify PDF documents on the fly opens endless opportunities for you and your users.

Automatically generate customer invoices. Create password-protected financial reports. Automate form fill-out process. Produce encrypted and digitally signed documents. Send secure email with file attachments. Convert HTML pages to PDF. AspPDF offers all that and much more! For the complete list of features

Probability is a vital measure in numerous disciplines, from bioinformatics and econometrics to finance/insurance and computer science. Developed from a successful course, Fundamental Probability: A Computational Approach provides an engaging and hands-on introduction to this important topic. Whilst the theory is explored in detail, this book also emphasises practical applications, with the presentation of a large variety of examples and exercises, along with generous use of computational tools.

Based on international teaching experience with students of statistics, mathematics, finance and econometrics, the book:

* Presents new, innovative material alongside the classic theory.
* Goes beyond standard presentations by carefully introducing and discussing more complex subject matter, including a richer use of combinatorics, runs and occupancy distributions, various multivariate sampling schemes, fat-tailed distributions, and several basic concepts used in finance.
* Emphasises computational matters and programming methods via generous use of examples in MATLAB.
* Includes a large, self-contained Calculus/Analysis appendix with derivations of all required tools, such as Leibniz’ rule, exchange of derivative and integral, Fubini’s theorem, and univariate and multivariate Taylor series.
* Presents over 150 end-of-chapter exercises, graded in terms of their difficulty, and accompanied by a full set of solutions online.

This book is intended as an introduction to the theory of probability for students in biology, mathematics, statistics, economics, engineering, finance, and computer science who possess the prerequisite knowledge of basic calculus and linear algebra.

February 9, 2009

Face the world’s richest drivers in high-speed races through traffic or take on your friends in the exclusive multiplayer mode! Experience amazing 3D graphics and use your phone as a steering wheel! Choose from 28 licensed dream cars and bikes and zoom through the streets of the trendiest cities in the world to make your mark. Check your rides in your own garage and spend millions to tune them. The police await you in each city with roadblocks and helicopters to try and seize your expensive toy

The Grand Theft Auto series, which was originally released for the Playstation and PC back in 1997, is one of the most popular action / role-playing franchises of all time. Along with the console and PC releases, Gameboy and PSP versions of the game have given mobile gamers the opportunity to carjack and pillage on the go (with a Nintendo DS release set to debut in March). And, while we haven’t heard that Rockstar Games has plans to bring GTA to Apple’s mobile platform, tonight mobile gamers are getting the next best thing.

Or perhaps…a better thing?

Apex Designs has just (re)released Payback [App Store] for the iPhone and iPod touch. And in the original author’s words, “every effort has been made to ensure that Payback beats GTA in every way.”

Payback features dozens of vehicles and 11 cities to explore. The player starts off each city on-foot and must get to a payphone to receive mission details. At first, the player’s only weapons are his fists, but crates scattered about the cities contain shotguns, grenades and other weapons that aid significantly in wreaking various flavors of havoc upon the cities’ inhabitants

February 8, 2009

Increase your chances of acing that probability exam — or winning at the casino!

Whether you’re hitting the books for a probability or statistics course or hitting the tables at a casino, working out probabilities can be problematic. This book helps you even the odds. Using easy-to-understand explanations and examples, it demystifies probability — and even offers savvy tips to boost your chances of gambling success!
The fun and easy way to conquer statistics and probability Probability For Dummies expands upon students intuitive understanding of the concept of probability through use of examples and clear explanations of mathematics behind this fascinating science. Included is discussion of set theory, counting, permutations and combinations, random variables, conditional probability, joint distribution0s, conditional expectations, gambling, and actuarial applications and probability modeling. The book also includes sample problems with a minimal reliance on complicated calculus. Packed with real-life examples and thorough explanations of math problems, students and professionals in such fields as investment banking, forensic science, and engineering will have just the straightforward, friendly guide they’re looking for. Deborah J. Rumsey, PhD (Columbus, OH), is a Statistics Education Specialist and auxiliary faculty member of the Department of Statistics at Ohio State University. Her books include Statistics For Dummies (0-7645-5423-9) and the Statistics Workbook For Dummies

Is the fastest 3D action sports game available on any mobile platform. The new 3D Game Engine specifically designed for the iPhone produces fast, furious action at 60 frames per second. Smash your way into the finals, and attempt to claim all the Tennis Grand Slam titles.

Game features:
- 3D action with a dynamic camera.
- 4 Grand Slam Arenas, with unique court surfaces and ball physics (clay, grass, acrylic and synthetic surfaces).
- Over 30 AI players, each with unique playing styles and personalities.
- Play 1-1 matches or double the fun and play Doubles matches.
- A ranked Career mode. Can you collect all the trophies and become the Number #1 ranked player in the world?

Have been screaming about the collapse of amphibian populations worldwide recently, an alarming trend that has resulted from rising temperatures in the tropics. Heat, it would appear, is killing our precious frogs and salamanders at a distressing rate. How ironic that Konami’s Frogger would so aptly mirror this sad phenomenon. Hoping to capitalize on the hottest handheld around, Frogger ends up collapsing under the spotlight.

The goal in Frogger is simple: guide five frogs through streets and streams littered with obstacles to reach a clearing. You start off at the bottom of the screen, moving your amphibian avatars hop-by-hop towards the safe zone at the top. A level is complete only when you’ve moved all five frogs into the five spaces at the top of the screen